🪱 Wormwood may not charm you with sweetness, but it doesn’t need to. This intensely bitter herb is a trusted ally for those brave enough to walk the path of deep healing and spiritual reclamation. 🪱 Artemisia absinthium has been honored as a ritual tool, used to banish parasites of both the physical and energetic kind. Its bitterness signals the body to wake up, stimulating digestive enzymes, bile flow, and liver detox pathways. In Traditional European Herbalism, wormwood was often used in spring detox formulas to rekindle the digestive fire after long winters of heavy food and stagnation. Beyond the gut, wormwood speaks to the psyche. Dream pillows, incense, and herbal baths with wormwood were thought to aid in contacting the spirit world, remembering dreams, and bringing hidden emotions to the surface. In magical traditions, it’s often called upon for protection, psychic vision, and invoking the shadow—those parts of us we’ve exiled or buried. Wormwood’s infamous connection to absinthe gave it a mysterious, almost dangerous allure. But used respectfully and appropriately, it becomes a guide, especially when clarity, boundaries, or deep release are needed. Healing isn’t always about love and light; sometimes, it’s about seeing clearly in the dark. This plant medicine reminds us: Bitterness is a teacher, and not all healing tastes sweet. How do you honor the bitter in your life? 🌿🖤✨ Plot twist, parasite edition: Something major is coming to our apothecaries tomorrow! We cannot WAIT for you to flush it out... Stay tuned to your email inbox and this page for what we’ve been pouring our hearts (and guts) into for the last few months!! . . . #wormwood #bitterherbs #shadowwork #shadowself #detox #magick #greenwitch #herbalism #digestivebitters #vermouth #absinthe #plantmedicine #animamundi